It is interesting how 'privilege' has come to imply 'injustice'.
Which I guess is true in most cases? Like, as a white dude I am privileged in pretty much all my human interactions and mostly because people who are not white or are not dudes have to deal with Bullshit.
And I originally intended to say something like 'health does not recognize your unprivileged status, it just is' but couldn't find a way to word that in a manner that made it agnostic to healthcare because yeah doctors are humans and studies show that I'd get better and more comprehensive treatment even controlling for socioeconomic factors (though you wouldn't want to because, hey, intersectionalism).
So I guess the strongest statement that I can make is that the Tumblr person in question might be dealing with institutions that are sometimes guilty of pathologizing the Other and while her physician's diagnosis of high blood pressure might be an inaccurate one and that inaccuracy might be due to some bias against fat people BUT that one should generally take the advice of medical professionals and there is generally the option to get a second opinion. Making a Tumblr post ain't never resolved someone's prescription medication dilemma.
the bias isn't the... "wrong" kind of bias. Thin privilege? Less chance of cardiovascular problems, or risk of diabetes.
which is why a doctor would be more likely to think someone overweight's blood pressure might be worrying.
argh, fucking tumblr.
Well we can't know the whole situation, but I imagine that there is a nonzero amount of bullshit that fat people have to deal with that thin people don't, and that this bullshit does extend into medical practice. That doesn't speak to the veracity nor the efficacy of this Tumbling, but I don't think it's a controversial statement.
Being fat isn't an immutable characteristic though and bitching about the oppressing privilege of doctors and retailers might be keeping them from recognizing that their weight isn't healthy and they should probably eat less/exercise moar.
True, although there has been some interesting data to come out of the Fat Acceptance \ Health at Any Size movement.
There...there is a movement?
(must resist walmart scooter joke)
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I know the common perception is that the pads in an NFL game make the players safe, but they also facilitate ridiculous tackles that would kill people without them.
Have you tried tackling someone without pads?
It's fun when you are in middle school and the strength to weight ratios are pretty minor
But I played a game of tackle with some high school friends and holy shit you were not making any head on tackles without breaking something
Yes. It hurts.
is legit
can confirm
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Its part of the reason I needed shoulder surgery. We did padless tackle ultimate football, which is sort of a mix of ultimate Frisbee and urelenting pain.
Hit a guy head up full steam and popped my shoulder out of the socket.
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I know the common perception is that the pads in an NFL game make the players safe, but they also facilitate ridiculous tackles that would kill people without them.
Have you tried tackling someone without pads?
It's fun when you are in middle school and the strength to weight ratios are pretty minor
But I played a game of tackle with some high school friends and holy shit you were not making any head on tackles without breaking something
Yes. It hurts.
is legit
can confirm
#PostMatchesAv
Its part of the reason I needed shoulder surgery. We did padless tackle ultimate football, which is sort of a mix of ultimate Frisbee and urelenting pain.
Hit a guy head up full steam and popped my shoulder out of the socket.
I fugged up my shoulder just getting picked on a crossing route in two hand touch
Gotta keep your head on a swivel
maybe i'm streaming terrible dj right now if i am its here
I know the common perception is that the pads in an NFL game make the players safe, but they also facilitate ridiculous tackles that would kill people without them.
Have you tried tackling someone without pads?
It's fun when you are in middle school and the strength to weight ratios are pretty minor
But I played a game of tackle with some high school friends and holy shit you were not making any head on tackles without breaking something
Yes. It hurts.
is legit
can confirm
#PostMatchesAv
Its part of the reason I needed shoulder surgery. We did padless tackle ultimate football, which is sort of a mix of ultimate Frisbee and urelenting pain.
Hit a guy head up full steam and popped my shoulder out of the socket.
I fugged up my shoulder just getting picked on a crossing route in two hand touch
Gotta keep your head on a swivel
TWO THINGS MARYLAND DOES IS CRAB CAKES AND FOOTBALL
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As a Bad Internet Anthropologist I can tell you that the fat acceptance movement wasn't too bad in its early days - it was stuff like "don't put off goals until you finally have the perfect body, just work on that stuff now and the body can follow' and 'health at every size means that fat people can still go to the gym, should have equipment that can accomodate them, etc.', basically just try to be healthy and work out and eat well and dont worry about the number on the scale.
and the moment the movement went on the rails was when people started to go
right, that's great, i agree with you, fantastic
but why do i have to worry about being healthy
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baseball is awesome and if you disagree you are wrong the end
Televised baseball is less exciting than televised tennis.
Yeah, I said it.
gotta admit
the one time i went to a football game it was 'aight
still not sold on watching it on TV though
maybe a world cup final, watching the best of the best play can be fun
but ugh 90 minutes
The hardcore soccer fans hate the quality of play in the World Cup and drone on endlessly about how the only stuff worth watching is top-level club stuff.
As an American, woo nationalism, go World Cup, etc.
Well they're just from the wrong countries
brasiiiiiiiil
fuck gendered marketing
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baseball is awesome and if you disagree you are wrong the end
Televised baseball is less exciting than televised tennis.
Yeah, I said it.
gotta admit
the one time i went to a football game it was 'aight
still not sold on watching it on TV though
maybe a world cup final, watching the best of the best play can be fun
but ugh 90 minutes
The hardcore soccer fans hate the quality of play in the World Cup and drone on endlessly about how the only stuff worth watching is top-level club stuff.
As an American, woo nationalism, go World Cup, etc.
Well they're just from the wrong countries
brasiiiiiiiil
I have been dominating with brazil in FIFA 14
So many one named people
So many goals from Hulk
Yes his name is hulk
maybe i'm streaming terrible dj right now if i am its here
As a Bad Internet Anthropologist I can tell you that the fat acceptance movement wasn't too bad in its early days - it was stuff like "don't put off goals until you finally have the perfect body, just work on that stuff now and the body can follow' and 'health at every size means that fat people can still go to the gym, should have equipment that can accomodate them, etc.', basically just try to be healthy and work out and eat well and dont worry about the number on the scale.
and the moment the movement went on the rails was when people started to go
right, that's great, i agree with you, fantastic
but why do i have to worry about being healthy
The Internet overreaches a premise and ends up in crazytown, and The Internet uses this overreach as justification for dismissing the premise.
In this way, nothing is accomplished forever.
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cptruggedI think it has something to do with free will.Registered Userregular
There is a big difference between treating an overweight person like shit and a doctor telling you your weight will cause health issues. He's not saying you're ugly, that you can't have this retail job, or that you'll never find love cause fatty fat fat. He's saying that you will live longer and be less ill if you make a change.
Black people are great. I get tons of mileage out of "naive white boy" comedy with my co-workers.
i lived in the DC hood for a while and it was fun being the token white guy for a while.
i remember one time i was drinking with my neighbors on the stoop and a cop literally pulled up alongside and asked me if i was there of my own volition. it was p great.
that said, my current neighborhood doesn't present the same sorts of opportunities. there are loads of white townies in the section 8, loads of portuguese & brazilians, and a few haitians but everyone is pretty clannish, especially with regards to a white hipster/ professional newcomer (only been here 8 years).
As a Bad Internet Anthropologist I can tell you that the fat acceptance movement wasn't too bad in its early days - it was stuff like "don't put off goals until you finally have the perfect body, just work on that stuff now and the body can follow' and 'health at every size means that fat people can still go to the gym, should have equipment that can accomodate them, etc.', basically just try to be healthy and work out and eat well and dont worry about the number on the scale.
and the moment the movement went on the rails was when people started to go
right, that's great, i agree with you, fantastic
but why do i have to worry about being healthy
The Internet overreaches a premise and ends up in crazytown, and The Internet uses this overreach as justification for dismissing the premise.
In this way, nothing is accomplished forever.
seems like a natural consequence of the train of thought
ok, so i stop worrying about being fat and just do things anyway
well now i've stopped caring about being fat i should get everyone else to accept me like this too!
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As a Bad Internet Anthropologist I can tell you that the fat acceptance movement wasn't too bad in its early days - it was stuff like "don't put off goals until you finally have the perfect body, just work on that stuff now and the body can follow' and 'health at every size means that fat people can still go to the gym, should have equipment that can accomodate them, etc.', basically just try to be healthy and work out and eat well and dont worry about the number on the scale.
and the moment the movement went on the rails was when people started to go
right, that's great, i agree with you, fantastic
but why do i have to worry about being healthy
The Internet overreaches a premise and ends up in crazytown, and The Internet uses this overreach as justification for dismissing the premise.
In this way, nothing is accomplished forever.
So depressingly true
I have friends who I keep trying to remind that gender equality is a pretty good goal despite what they read on tumblr about how we should have a matriarchy or that penises are evil
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As a Bad Internet Anthropologist I can tell you that the fat acceptance movement wasn't too bad in its early days - it was stuff like "don't put off goals until you finally have the perfect body, just work on that stuff now and the body can follow' and 'health at every size means that fat people can still go to the gym, should have equipment that can accomodate them, etc.', basically just try to be healthy and work out and eat well and dont worry about the number on the scale.
and the moment the movement went on the rails was when people started to go
right, that's great, i agree with you, fantastic
but why do i have to worry about being healthy
The Internet overreaches a premise and ends up in crazytown, and The Internet uses this overreach as justification for dismissing the premise.
In this way, nothing is accomplished forever.
seems like a natural consequence of the train of thought
ok, so i stop worrying about being fat and just do things anyway
well now i've stopped caring about being fat i should get everyone else to accept me like this too!
That's not even what the thought was
are you being silly
it was 'weight is less important than health'
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cptruggedI think it has something to do with free will.Registered Userregular
I'm wondering if my better half has kinda disconnected from the tumblr social justice rage main line. We haven't had a fight involving topics from there in quite some time. It has been pleasant to watch shows and see movies with reasonable discussion afterward.
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surrealitychecklonely, but not unloveddreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered Userregular
guys
al of u
u dont understand
booty is more important than helth
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LudiousI just wanted a sandwich A temporally dislocated QuiznosRegistered Userregular
The problem with being overly activisty is that it sort of becomes a joke
like I can't see or hear the word "problematic" without giggling.
baseball is awesome and if you disagree you are wrong the end
Televised baseball is less exciting than televised tennis.
Yeah, I said it.
gotta admit
the one time i went to a football game it was 'aight
still not sold on watching it on TV though
maybe a world cup final, watching the best of the best play can be fun
but ugh 90 minutes
The hardcore soccer fans hate the quality of play in the World Cup and drone on endlessly about how the only stuff worth watching is top-level club stuff.
As an American, woo nationalism, go World Cup, etc.
jake what kind of tryhard touch football league are you in that draws up pick plays
look man when your older bro is smothering you with press coverage you need to draw up a rub route to teach that fucker to back off a bit
trips formation, run the classic elevator doors double-pick that just hammers the defender as you cut / run a sharp slant in towards the middle of the field
I choose to believe that it's technically "touch" rules only when the ball is in the air and you're the intended receiver
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"and the morning stars I have seen
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
Black people are great. I get tons of mileage out of "naive white boy" comedy with my co-workers.
i lived in the DC hood for a while and it was fun being the token white guy for a while.
i remember one time i was drinking with my neighbors on the stoop and a cop literally pulled up alongside and asked me if i was there of my own volition. it was p great.
are. you. kidding. me?
i would have been mortified if that had happened to me
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I know the common perception is that the pads in an NFL game make the players safe, but they also facilitate ridiculous tackles that would kill people without them.
Have you tried tackling someone without pads?
It's fun when you are in middle school and the strength to weight ratios are pretty minor
But I played a game of tackle with some high school friends and holy shit you were not making any head on tackles without breaking something
Yes. It hurts.
is legit
can confirm
#PostMatchesAv
Its part of the reason I needed shoulder surgery. We did padless tackle ultimate football, which is sort of a mix of ultimate Frisbee and urelenting pain.
Hit a guy head up full steam and popped my shoulder out of the socket.
I fugged up my shoulder just getting picked on a crossing route in two hand touch
Gotta keep your head on a swivel
I played four years of high school ball and managed to play without anything worse than a broken finger. I went roller skating once as a senior and fucked up my knee.
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There...there is a movement?
(must resist walmart scooter joke)
Its part of the reason I needed shoulder surgery. We did padless tackle ultimate football, which is sort of a mix of ultimate Frisbee and urelenting pain.
Hit a guy head up full steam and popped my shoulder out of the socket.
townieball
I fugged up my shoulder just getting picked on a crossing route in two hand touch
Gotta keep your head on a swivel
maybe i'm streaming terrible dj right now if i am its here
is that the name of the game or the medical condition that arises from playing it?
TWO THINGS MARYLAND DOES IS CRAB CAKES AND FOOTBALL
and the moment the movement went on the rails was when people started to go
right, that's great, i agree with you, fantastic
but why do i have to worry about being healthy
Well they're just from the wrong countries
brasiiiiiiiil
does this include the long driving sequences in hyundais
I frequent myway's chat room on Sunday's when they have a get together of folks and I'm the "white guy from Canada".
I have been dominating with brazil in FIFA 14
So many one named people
So many goals from Hulk
Yes his name is hulk
maybe i'm streaming terrible dj right now if i am its here
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
omg dis likkle platypus
meniscus removal would have been so bad after he turned 30
this way he at least has a chance to still make a meaningful career
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
The Internet overreaches a premise and ends up in crazytown, and The Internet uses this overreach as justification for dismissing the premise.
In this way, nothing is accomplished forever.
my god that would be have been super enjoyable to watch
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
i lived in the DC hood for a while and it was fun being the token white guy for a while.
i remember one time i was drinking with my neighbors on the stoop and a cop literally pulled up alongside and asked me if i was there of my own volition. it was p great.
that said, my current neighborhood doesn't present the same sorts of opportunities. there are loads of white townies in the section 8, loads of portuguese & brazilians, and a few haitians but everyone is pretty clannish, especially with regards to a white hipster/ professional newcomer (only been here 8 years).
burn down work
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
Again?
Fuck
seems like a natural consequence of the train of thought
ok, so i stop worrying about being fat and just do things anyway
well now i've stopped caring about being fat i should get everyone else to accept me like this too!
look man when your older bro is smothering you with press coverage you need to draw up a rub route to teach that fucker to back off a bit
So depressingly true
I have friends who I keep trying to remind that gender equality is a pretty good goal despite what they read on tumblr about how we should have a matriarchy or that penises are evil
That's not even what the thought was
are you being silly
it was 'weight is less important than health'
al of u
u dont understand
booty is more important than helth
like I can't see or hear the word "problematic" without giggling.
Because it's just so goddamned overused.
i love the internet
weird. it was there just 20 minutes ago or so.
i think it disappeared before and then came back later.
Nicknames yo
Otherwise they'd all have 4+ names no joke
And Hulk is the besssss
So sexy
trips formation, run the classic elevator doors double-pick that just hammers the defender as you cut / run a sharp slant in towards the middle of the field
I choose to believe that it's technically "touch" rules only when the ball is in the air and you're the intended receiver
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
are. you. kidding. me?
i would have been mortified if that had happened to me
I played four years of high school ball and managed to play without anything worse than a broken finger. I went roller skating once as a senior and fucked up my knee.